Journal Entry 1 by BooksnBeer from Annandale, Virginia USA on Sunday, October 02, 2011

I read this one and the next four in the series - totally enjoy the character Marcus Diclius Falco. These books gave me the feeling of peeking in on ancient Rome and living day-to-day during those times.

Winner of the Best First Novel award from the Authors' Club, and debut of the Didius Falco mystery series.
It is A.D. 70, when Roman P.I. Marcus Didius Falco runs into comely Sosia Camillina on the steps of the Forum. It seems she's being chased by a few unsavories for a stockpile of silver pigs--silver ingots--but Falco wants more information. What he gets is a whiff of treason.

Falco finds out that Sosia, the niece of a highly placed senator, holds the secret to a stockpile of silver pigs - ingots intended for no good use. Hoping for future favors from Socia's powerful uncle, Falco embarks on an intricate case of smuggling, murder, and treason that reaches into the palace itself. And if he does not tread lightly, the treacherous puzzle of the silver pigs could buy him a one-way ticket to his own funeral pyre......
"It has everything: mystery, pace, wit, fascinating scholarship, and above all, two protagonists for whom, by the end, I feel genuine affection, and want to meet again."
Ellis Peters 

Journal Entry 2 by elsi at Sanger, Texas USA on Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Wow -- the swap was barely over and this book arrived in the mail. Thanks for sending it -- I'm looking forward to reading it.